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April 09, 2007
Unlocking Ideas: Essays from the Amigo Society
The Amigo Society conferences, held in Brussels, were set up in 2004 to bring together public policy experts, media representatives and members of civil society to debate these and other issues of importance to an enlarged Europe.
Taking concrete examples from all over Europe and North America, this collection examines the broad motivations behind, influences on, and opportunities for future health and welfare policy reform. It also looks to the future – drawing in new fields of policymaking such as biotechnology, tailormade medicines and other technologies expected to drastically alter Europe’s healthcare landscape. And driving it all, the final set of essays examines consumer empowerment as the major factor which will push forward reform of Europe’s health and welfare systems.
Edited by Francesca Ficai and with a foreword by Jacob Arfwedson Unlocking Ideas: Essays from the Amigo Society assembles the highlights of these debates over the past two years and provides exciting new insights for the reformers of the future.
Read the book here as a PDF >>>
Anders Sandberg from Eudoxa is one of the contributors. In his essay Biotechnology and the promise of tailor-made medicine Sandberg discusses the current state of pharmacogenomics and how rational drug design will affect health care organizations and patient power.
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Posted by Waldemar at April 9, 2007 01:40 PM